For years, dogs at 11 Puerto Rico animal shelters have been sleeping on hard, concrete floors. Next week — that and much more is about to change as The Humane Society of the United States, along with Kuranda and Bubba’s Beds for Shelter Friends, give the gift of comfort to homeless pets.

A group of more than 200 dogs, including many senior dogs, from overwhelmed Puerto Rico animal shelters will arrive at airports in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina next week. Upon arrival, these lucky companion animals will continue their journey to shelters and rescue partners along the East Coast.

On the heels of the rescue of 84 Great Danes from a suspected puppy mill in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Sununu, R, is announcing support for strengthening the state’s animal cruelty laws and an update regarding the Governor's Commission on the Humane Treatment of Animals.

More than 250 Kansas animal shelter and rescue professionals and volunteers will receive free training, resources and equipment from The Humane Society of the United States over the course of this three-year training program.

Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent the establishment of inhumane horse slaughter operations within the U.S., end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad and protect the public from consuming toxic horse meat.

Washington D.C. — The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that vacated a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region, which includes Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The ruling maintains federal protections for wolves and blocks the states from asserting control and opening up sport hunting and commercial trapping seasons targeting the animals.

Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would increase funding for the Veterans Affairs’ Adaptive Sports Grant Program for equine-assisted therapy. The amendment increases funding by $5 million for fiscal year 2018.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed the misnamed “Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act,” S. 1514, which strips wolves of their federal protections in three states under the Endangered Species Act, subverting the judicial process and all but guaranteeing that hundreds of wolves are subjected to baiting, hound hunting, and cruel trapping practices. The bill contains other harmful provisions for wildlife, such as preventing limits on toxic lead in aquatic environments, and allowing 41 wealthy trophy hunters to import sport-hunted trophies of polar bears shot in the Arctic even though polar bears are a threatened species.

This evening the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote passed a bipartisan amendment to the defense appropriations bill that will end taxpayer funding for painful experiments on dogs at Veterans Affairs hospitals for fiscal year 2018.

The HSUS reveals that a boutique Manhattan puppy store is hiding illnesses among its high-priced puppies and failing to reveal full health information to buyers. An undercover investigator who wore a hidden camera while employed by the store documented these and other findings, which have been shared with law enforcement officials responsible for enforcing city and state laws.

On August 3, 2017 at 10:30 a.m., The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will destroy more than one ton of confiscated illegal elephant ivory in New York City’s Central Park to raise awareness of the poaching crisis and ivory trade. HSI and The HSUS are co-sponsors of the event, which is being organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society and NYS-DEC.

Marking a reversal in policy and exaggerating the impact of wild horses on our federal lands in the West, a few western lawmakers succeeded in getting the House Appropriations Committee to accept an amendment that could allow the destruction of America’s wild horses. The committee adopted an amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, whose effort weakens long-accepted bipartisan provisions that prevented the killing of healthy wild horses and burros.

Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®)

Robert Redford, Ed Harris, Elle Fanning, Ian Somerhalder and countless other equine enthusiasts joined The HSUS, HSLF, Return to Freedom and the ASPCA to draw attention to the threat posed to wild horses and burros. (See letter and list of fifty plus signatures from actors, singers, screenwriters and scientists below.)

Hundreds of Kansas law enforcement officers will receive free comprehensive training and resources regarding police and dog encounters, animal cruelty investigations, the link to human violence and animal fighting investigations. The training, which will be held in five locations throughout the state, are provided by The HSUS in partnership with local organizations.

The Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch -- operated by The Fund for Animals, an affiliate of The HSUS – is providing permanent sanctuary to 18 goats, three sheep and three pigs who were among more than 350 animals rescued from deplorable conditions on a Georgia property in April.

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In a disappointing outcome for a widely supported bill, Hawaii Governor David Ige vetoed legislation that would have protected Hawaii’s threatened reefs by limiting the capture of reef wildlife for personal aquariums.

The HSUS is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the apparent abandonment of a kitten in Garrett County, Maryland.

Scientists and policy makers are working together to resolve conflicts between humans and wildlife, such as deer, wild horses and elephants, through the development and implementation of wildlife fertility programs. This July, experts from around the nation — and as far away as Australia, India and South Africa — will share their findings during the International Conference on Wildlife Fertility Control to be held in Washington.

The Humane Society of the United States has released the details of a multi-state undercover investigation into Pilgrim’s Pride—the nation’s second largest chicken producer—which documented inhumane practices and horrific animal abuse.